Half a century ago, in “The Music Man,” there was a song about Iowa being contrary: “And we're so by God stubborn/We can stand touchin' noses/For a week at a time/And never see eye-to-eye.”
This week the state’s Republicans updated the lyrics for a political visit by the Clintons: "After Bill Clinton tarnished the name of the president of the United States, the Republican Party restored hope, respect and morality within the Oval Office by bringing positive ideas and conservative values back to the White House," the Party said in an e-mail to reporters.
To round out the picture, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is reporting that “Iowa’s corn growers are poised to harvest the biggest acreage ever.”
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The song,The Iowa Corn Song, is not the official state song of Iowa. Though not an official song, some say that the Iowa Corn Song is the most widely known and most popular song in the state of Iowa.The song was originally conceived, in 1912, when a delegation of Des Moines, Za-Ga-Zig Shriners went to Los Angeles, California to participate in a Shriner's convention. The delegates decided that they needed an exciting marching song that would promote the Iowa delegation and Iowa's most important commodity; Corn. George E. Hamilton, at that time secretary of the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce instigated the project and contributed a first verse and the rousing chorus.The original first verse extolled the virtues of the Shriners.The chorus and other verses were pure Iowa promotion.Later, help with the song came from the well-known bandleader, Professor John T. Beeston. Mr. Ray Lockard's name appears on the original music as a co-writer of the song.
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